The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-10-06
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story of Europe to America and Amer
lea to Europe.
As many as 100000 tons of hay were
put up in the four northwestern
counties of Iowa.
The Fifth avenue mansion of the late
| William NJ. Tweed will soon be an en-
| porium of trade.
Outdoor preaching in various places
| has been a feature for several months
past in the city of New Orleans.
By the will of the late David Dick
son, of Georgia, Amanda Eubanks Is
the richest colored woman in America.
Reporters English has been enriched
| by the addition of the word ''cabrlolet-
lists, " invented by the Mobile Register.
Dom Pedro's favorite tipple is COM
| pound of the juice of oranges and
| lemons, iced and favored with Jamaica
| rum.
The condition of Henry Probasco's
gift of an $1,000 fountain to Clifton,
! Ohio, was that it should flow free for
| ever.
The president of the Fat Mems club
! in Hudson county, New Jersey, weighs
42l pounds, and the committee OF re-
ception 4,O16 pounds.
The starching process was brought
into use i'll England by people from
| Flanders who came over to London
and taught the art for G5.
A statistical crank in Washington
| has been figuring on the amount of the
presidential salary and perquisites.
He makes the total $114,S55 a year.
A little girl who wanted to describe
| the Observation-Disclosures of her uncle
said: His remember is so tired
that he has to use his forget all the
time.
| Novato, Cal, has two stores, three
saloons, one boarding house, tele-
| phone office, a courtroom, dancing
hall, laundry, blacksmith shop and
| joss-house.
Providence, R. l., has a freak of
nature that is attracting considerable
attention. 1t is four kittens that are
| joined together at the abdomen by
ligature.
A one-armed man in Salem, Ore. late
| " applied for a divorce on the ground
that the hand he had given his wife in
marriage was lost, and that the con-
tract was void.
The people who are drowned while
bathing are generally swimmers over
confident of their powers. 1t is the
timid bather who is scarcely ever
caught going beyond his depth.
Statistics show that in Germany 81
so per cent of the women are blonde,
1405 brunette, and 56. 10 mixed. Col.
Wright has never ventured upon this
feature of statistical information.
An Oconee, GA, man has gander
that follows him around like dog,
and will sound the alarm when a
stranger enters the yard, and attacks
the intruder with wings and beak.
Akron, Ohio, not only grinds out
oats for our breakfast, but furnishes
matches to light the fire with. Sixty
millions of the latter are said to be
made there every day except Sunday.
The demand for lumber at San Diego
| must be brisk when steam tugs are
racing up the coast to Mendocino, tow
inc sailing vessels seven hundred
miles against prevailing winds for re-
turn cargoes.
A steam omnibus is in use in
Dresden. The motive power is applied
to the hind wheels, and is supplied by
an upright boiler and compound
engine. 1t is used in the streets for
carrying passengers, and will seat
twenty.
| The White mountains have come to
be worth $4,000, 600 year to the peo-
| pie of New Hampshire. In 1884 the
tourist business in that section was
! scarcely $4,000. No account is taken
of the gains of the railroads in this
estimate.
The latest and perhaps the most signif-
icant sign placarded in several of the
departments in the New York Custom
House was tackled up yesterday. 1t
read: 'Loungers and loafers will not
be permitted to occupy the office
while drawing pay from Uncle Sam"
Mrs. Cleveland is lady Of fortune
as well as fortunate lady. Congress
McShane, of Nebraska, is authority for
the statement that the present valua-
ton of the Omaha property in which
the Presidents wife and her mother
have each an eighth interest is $780,
900.
The gospels preached every Sabbath
in various neglected parts of the
National Capital by a band of Christian
men and women, from an immense
Gospel Wagon" Great crowds
eagerly listen and join heartily in
the singing, and many have been con-
| verified.
In some of the European swimming
schools the pupils are taken out in a
boat and purposely upset, as though
the upsetting We're accidental. They
are also pushed overheard and sub
jected to all manner of accidents, in
order to know how to act in case of
real accident.
A man writes from Albany to say
that there is in that city seven-year-
old boy, Albert Blum by name, and
match peddler by occupation, who can
multiply 1.-TWO numbers not to exceed
1000 in his head and give the correct
answer" This man ''saw Albert null
tiply 1927 by 4SS."
A well-known temperance-drink es-
tablishment in New York sells on an
average four thousand drinks a day.
The business has increased every year.
The variety of beverages is unlimited.
Fifty sirups or tiavoring compounds
and twenty-five tonics are said to be
known to the trade.
The English co-operatives have a